Helping to Provide Critical Care
Helping to Provide Critical Care
STARS offers time, hope and life-saving transport to critically ill and injured patients, often on the worst day of their life. In 2013, STARS received a generous donation of $10,891.00 from the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation. STARS operates on a model of combined funding from the government and community partners. Support from organizations like the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation is crucial to ensuring that STARS remains in the sky across the province.
STARS is more than just a helicopter. Aside from providing rapid transport to patients, the environment onboard the helicopter is akin to that of a flying intensive care unit. Our flight crews, air medical crews, and communications specialists work in concert to ensure our patients receive the best care available in the shortest time possible. For patients who are critically ill and injured, every minute saved before treatment can increase their chances for survival and improve their prospects for recovery.
Since arriving in Saskatchewan in 2012, STARS has responded to calls from across rural Saskatchewan, flying to motor vehicle collisions on highways, recreational and farming accidents, or providing transport from rural hospitals to tertiary care centres. However, STARS’ scope doesn’t end where the city limits begin. “STARS is here to serve every resident of Saskatchewan, whether they’re traveling for work, participating in a sporting event, heading out to the lake for the weekend,” said Rod Gantefoer, executive director of the STARS Foundation in Saskatchewan. “Generous grants like this help all Saskatchewanians feel safer knowing that STARS is in the sky, should they every need it.”
This donation will continue to allow STARS to carry out their life-saving mission, providing critical care and rapid transport to the residents of Saskatchewan. In 2013, STARS flew more than 821 missions to 241 communities from bases in Regina and Saskatoon. The not-for-profit organization operates from six bases across three provinces and has flown more than 26,000 missions since 1985.
Rod Grantefoer
Executive Director
STARS offers time, hope and life-saving transport to critically ill and injured patients, often on the worst day of their life. In 2013, STARS received a generous donation of $10,891.00 from the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation. STARS operates on a model of combined funding from the government and community partners. Support from organizations like the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation is crucial to ensuring that STARS remains in the sky across the province.
STARS is more than just a helicopter. Aside from providing rapid transport to patients, the environment onboard the helicopter is akin to that of a flying intensive care unit. Our flight crews, air medical crews, and communications specialists work in concert to ensure our patients receive the best care available in the shortest time possible. For patients who are critically ill and injured, every minute saved before treatment can increase their chances for survival and improve their prospects for recovery.
Since arriving in Saskatchewan in 2012, STARS has responded to calls from across rural Saskatchewan, flying to motor vehicle collisions on highways, recreational and farming accidents, or providing transport from rural hospitals to tertiary care centres. However, STARS’ scope doesn’t end where the city limits begin. “STARS is here to serve every resident of Saskatchewan, whether they’re traveling for work, participating in a sporting event, heading out to the lake for the weekend,” said Rod Gantefoer, executive director of the STARS Foundation in Saskatchewan. “Generous grants like this help all Saskatchewanians feel safer knowing that STARS is in the sky, should they every need it.”
This donation will continue to allow STARS to carry out their life-saving mission, providing critical care and rapid transport to the residents of Saskatchewan. In 2013, STARS flew more than 821 missions to 241 communities from bases in Regina and Saskatoon. The not-for-profit organization operates from six bases across three provinces and has flown more than 26,000 missions since 1985.
Rod Gantefoer
Executive Director
STARS offers time, hope and life-saving transport to critically ill and injured patients, often on the worst day of their life. In 2013, STARS received a generous donation of $10,891.00 from the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation. STARS operates on a model of combined funding from the government and community partners. Support from organizations like the South Saskatchewan Community Foundation is crucial to ensuring that STARS remains in the sky across the province.
STARS is more than just a helicopter. Aside from providing rapid transport to patients, the environment onboard the helicopter is akin to that of a flying intensive care unit. Our flight crews, air medical crews, and communications specialists work in concert to ensure our patients receive the best care available in the shortest time possible. For patients who are critically ill and injured, every minute saved before treatment can increase their chances for survival and improve their prospects for recovery.
Since arriving in Saskatchewan in 2012, STARS has responded to calls from across rural Saskatchewan, flying to motor vehicle collisions on highways, recreational and farming accidents, or providing transport from rural hospitals to tertiary care centres. However, STARS’ scope doesn’t end where the city limits begin. “STARS is here to serve every resident of Saskatchewan, whether they’re traveling for work, participating in a sporting event, heading out to the lake for the weekend,” said Rod Gantefoer, executive director of the STARS Foundation in Saskatchewan. “Generous grants like this help all Saskatchewanians feel safer knowing that STARS is in the sky, should they every need it.”
This donation will continue to allow STARS to carry out their life-saving mission, providing critical care and rapid transport to the residents of Saskatchewan. In 2013, STARS flew more than 821 missions to 241 communities from bases in Regina and Saskatoon. The not-for-profit organization operates from six bases across three provinces and has flown more than 26,000 missions since 1985.